This has been my weekend view. A wild wind that shrieks through the letterbox like there’s a demented spirit stuck in it, accessorized with rainy squalls and darkness before five, has announced that autumn has gone and winter is most definitely here.
Some people start to rhapsodize about snuggling indoors, hot drinks, fires, snow, big woolly jumpers, Christmas preparations, and all sorts of wintery goodness at this time of year. I, however, seem to turn into a cold toed Grinch railing against the weather, the crowds, the darkness and Christmas music.
I am literally not designed for Northern European winters – even the mild ones of Southern England. One doctor once told me that the best thing for my health would be to live in the Bahamas, although sadly one way tickets to the Caribbean and Bahamian residence permits don’t fall under the remit of the NHS.
Apart from daydreaming about sunshine, and wishing I was a cat able to spend all day snuggled up on the sofa, I’ve decided to try and find things about winter that I enjoy. Let’s see if I come up with anything by February!
Some people start to rhapsodize about snuggling indoors, hot drinks, fires, snow, big woolly jumpers, Christmas preparations, and all sorts of wintery goodness at this time of year. I, however, seem to turn into a cold toed Grinch railing against the weather, the crowds, the darkness and Christmas music.
I am literally not designed for Northern European winters – even the mild ones of Southern England. One doctor once told me that the best thing for my health would be to live in the Bahamas, although sadly one way tickets to the Caribbean and Bahamian residence permits don’t fall under the remit of the NHS.
Apart from daydreaming about sunshine, and wishing I was a cat able to spend all day snuggled up on the sofa, I’ve decided to try and find things about winter that I enjoy. Let’s see if I come up with anything by February!
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Oh, how I wish you could send some of that rain our way. All that rain is what makes England so green, while all this drought is what makes California so brown and thirsty.
ReplyDeleteThe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence (world)
A friend of mine who is of Swedish descent has little lights strung around her windows and she also lights lots of candles in the evening...It's very cheery to visit her house in the evenings when it gets dark so early.
ReplyDeletePat - Ah, but officially we seem to be in perpetual state of drought in the South East (not from lack of rain, but the water companies are too greedy to spend on infrastructure, preferring to label perfectly normal rainfall 'drought level' and clamour for water meters).
ReplyDeleteI do appreciate it not being as dry as it was in China, but I also hate getting wet feet. I used to have a fairy light arrangement in one of my uni rooms and in my bedroom - perhaps time to reserrect them...
Unfortunately I'm part of the cold toed Grinch category, especially when I look outside and see snow right now. I do enjoy the warm fire, though.
ReplyDeleteYes, light is crucial, especially to visual people like us. There are expensive versions that mimic natural sunlight, but even having lots of incandescent lights at home will help.
ReplyDeleteThat got me through many miserable winter days in northern climes.
Its been raining a lot lately hasn't it, not sure where these squalls are coming from.
ReplyDeleteI think the only solution is to come back in another life as a cat! ;)
ReplyDeleteI've heard that demented spirit wailing around here occasionally. All that rain does seem dreary. I like the family gatherings that tend to take place around holidays.
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